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ILLUSTRATED 


STORY  OF  THE  UNION 


IN   RHYxME 


ROBERT   C.   ADAMS 

AUTHoti    OK    "THE    HISTORY   OF    A.MKKICA  "    "THE 
HISTORY    or    ENGLAND,"    ETC- 


REVISED    HV 

HERBERT    HEVWOOD 

AL'THOR    or    "lIiE    TWENTIETH    CENTURY  " 


ILLUSTRATED     HV     THE     HEST     AMERICAN     ARTISTS 


ALL    RrOHlS    RESERVED 


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Discovered  San  Salvador  Octoiier  12,  1492. 


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Boston  Boys  and  Gknkkai.  (Ja(;k 

Geokce  Washin(;ion. 

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Washington  at  Vai.i.ky  For<;k 

Independence  IIai.i.,  riui.AnKi.PHiA. 

Benjamin  Franklin 

Thomas  Jkfierson     . 

Rkadino  Declaration  ok  Indepenoknck. 

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General  James  A.  Gareiei.d 
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This  History   of  *iie   United   States 
'Tis  not   pretended   higher   rates 

Than  Bancroft,  Barnes  or  Lossing  I 
But  to  tlie  student  pressed  for  time, 
This   condensation   clothed   in   rhyjne 

*Tis   hoped   will   prove   a   blessing. 


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ILLUSTRATED   STORY  OF  THE 
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DISCOVERIES. 


About  the  year   ten   hundred  two, 

So   Icehand's  legends   say, 
Norwegians   saw   America 

From   Greenknd  to   Cape  May. 
Four   hundred   years   of  silence    came, 

The    Nortimien's   trips  had    ceased, 
When    Europe's    enterprise  sought   out 

The  commerce    of   tlie    East, 
In    Christopher    Columbus'   day, 

A    Genoese    by  birth, 
Who,  studying   navigation,  guessed 

The  roundness  of  the   earth, 


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IlluHtntttd  Storij  of  tlie  Union   in  Jihijme. 

And  siiid    that    Asia    might    be    reached 

J>y   sailing  to    the    West: 
Spain's  Ferdinand    and    Isabel 

Gave    means    to    make   tlie    test. 
They  fitted  out    two    caravels, 

Columbus    bought    a   third, 
And    sailed    from   Palos,    in  old    Spain, 

With    sixscore   men    on  board. 
When    seventy    days  of  fruitless    search 

Had   wearied  out   his    crew, 
Columbus  saw   San  Salvador 

In    fourteen    ninety-two. 
When  Cuba,    San   Domingo's    sliore, 

And   smaller  isles  were   seen, 
He    carried    back   to    Spain   next   year 

The    tidings     to   the   Queen. 
Joiin    Cabot    gained   from    Henry    Seventh 

A    patent   to  explore. 
And  with  his  son   Sebastian    found 
The   coast   of  Labrador. 


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Sebastian  fourteen  ninety-eight 

A   second   voyage  made, 
And  searched  to    Carolina's   shore, 

For   purposes   of  trade. 
He    afterwards    found   Hudson's  Bay, 

And   when    King    Henry  died, 
For   Spain   he    voj'aged   to  Brazil, 

And  saw   La  Plata's   tide. 
Columbus    Orinoco    saw. 

In   fourteen   ninet3'-eight, 
But    rivals   sent   him   home  in   ciiaius, 

To    gratify    their   hate. 
The    Queen    released  him,    and   he   sailed 

Once    more   the    westward    way, 
But   ere   returning  she    had  died 

And    enemies   held   sway. 
Columbus,  suffering   from  neglect, 

At   Valladolid   died; 
His  bones   beneath    Havana's  soil. 

In    Cuba,    now    abide. 


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He    niiule    four   voyages   in  all. 

Formed    settlements   ubroad, 
lint   never    knew    tiie    masxnitude 

Of   what    lie   had    explored. 
Discoveries   were    concealed  by   Spain, 

And   jealous  rivals   hurled 
Such    calumnies,    Columbus   lost 

The   naming   of  a   world. 
Americus  Vespucius, 

A   Florentine,   made    claim 
That   he   discovered   the    New  World, 

And    thus   it  bears   his   name. 
He   sailed   to    South   America 

In    fourteen  ninety-nine. 
And,  five   years  later,   made    reports 

That   favored  his  design. 
Cortereal,    for   Portugal, 

Six    hundred  miles   or  more 
Of  North   America   explored, 

And  off  to    slavery   bore 


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Some   fifty  of  tlie   Indians. 

In  this    unlioly   strife, 
Upon  a   second   rash   attempt, 

He    forfeited   his   life. 
The  Frenchmen   came  to  Newfoundland 

To  fisli,   in   fifteen   four, 
They   named   Cape   Breton    and  explored 

The    great  St.   Lawrence  shore. 
Some  voyagers   saw    Yucatan, 

And,   fifteen    hundred   ten, 
Balboa  with   a  colony 

Encamped   at  Darien. 
In   fifteen    thirteen,   he   the  great 

Pacific   Ocean   spied. 
And    took   possession   for   old  Spain, 

Of  all  its  boundless  tide. 
Juan   Ponce   De   Leon,    fifteen    twelve, 

The   Fount   of  Youth   to  jjain, 
Discovering   Florida,    was   made 

Its  governor   by   Spain. 


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But   when  he    came  to    settle    tliere, 

The    Iiidhms    defied 
Tlie   Spaniards,   wlio   to    Cuba    fled, 

Where    Ponce    de    Leon    died. 
Then    Cordova   found    Mexico: 

Grijulva   searched   anew, 
And    Cortes   conquered    Mexico, 

Pizarro   took  Peru. 
De   Aylloii,   seeking   Indian  sUives, 

From   San   Domingo   sailed 
To    Carolina   for   liis   prey ; 

A   second   vovafje   failed. 
John    Verrazani  sailed   from   Franct;, 

In   fifteen   twenty-three, 
And  leaving  Carolina  reached 

The  fiftieth   degree. 
Narvaez    M-ent   to    Florida 

New   settlements   to   form ; 
In   crazv   boats   he   fled  to   sea, 

And   perished   in   a   stonu. 


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De   Soto,   Cuba's  governor, 

Came  next   with   crowded   ranks; 
He   marched   tliree   thousand   miles,  and   died 

On    Mississippi's   banks. 
One   half  of  his  six   hundred   died, 

Tiie   rest  resolved   to  flee, 
And,   failing   to   escape   by   land. 

Built   boats   and   reached   the   sea. 
Jacques   Cartier,   in   thirty-four. 

Two   ships  took   out  from    France, 
And   made   attempt   in    Canada 

French   glory   to  advance. 
Next  year   he   made   a   second    trip. 

And   on   St.    Lawrence    day, 
Explored   the   Gulf  that   took   this   name 

And   up  ita  stream   made   way. 
The   vessels   anchored    at   Quebec, 

And,    taking   boats,    he   cunie 
To  Hochelaga's   Isle,    and   gave 

To   Montreal    its    name. 


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A-ain,   in   fifteen    foity-one, 
ts4i.  He   voyaged    to   Quebec, 

And   near    the    village    built    a    fort, 

The    Indians   to   check. 
He    left    ere    lloberval    appeared, 
Who,   sent   out    by    the    King 
To   act   as    viceroy,    sailed   again 

Disheartened,    in    the   spring. 
Cabrillo,   fifteen   forty-two. 

Explored   by   Spain's  comnumd, 
From   Acapulco,   steering   north, 

Along   the   Western   land. 
Coligny,    Admiral   of   France, 

A  place    of  refuge   gave 
To   persecuted   Huguenols 

Across    the    Athmtic    wave. 
A   squadron  under    Kibault   sailed 
.562.  And   reached    Port    Royal    r>ay; 

A   colony    of  twenty-six 
Decided   there   to   stay. 


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Illiifitratvd  Story  of  the   Union    in    lihijme. 

To   honor   Charles   tlie   Ninth,   the   laud 

Was    Carolina   styled; 
But   failing   to   receive   supplies, 
They   left   the   Western   wild. 
Another  expedition   came, 

Led    by   Laudonniere, 
To   the   St.   John's,   in   Florida, 

And   built   a   fortress   there. 
This   rousing   Spanish  jealousy, 

Melendez  brought  a   crew. 
Who,   settling  at  St.   Augustine, 

Nine    hundred   Frenchmen    slew. 
A    fiery  Gascon   named   De    Gourges, 

In   anger   crossed    the   seas. 
Secured    two   hundred   prisoners 

And   hung   them   to   the   trees. 
He   fled,   and   Spain    retained   the   land; 

St.   Augustine    thus   rates 
The   oldest   town   existing   now 
Withiu   the   United   States. 


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1576-77.        For   gold,   and   northwest   passages 

To   reach   East   Indian   trade, 
Three  uusuccessful  voyages 

By    Frobisher    were    made. 
1578-80.        In   seventv-nine,    Sir   Francis   Drake 

Passed    California's    coast ; 
And    John    de    Fiica,    later  on, 

Still   further   search    could    boast. 
Sir   Humphrey    Gilbert   for   his   queen 

2Jade    claim    to    Newfoundland ; 

1583.  His   little   vessel   of  ten    tons 

Went   dc    ^n    with    all    its    band. 

1584.  Then   Walter   Raleigh    for   liimself. 

With   patents   to   explore, 
Sent   Amidas  and    Barlow  out 

To    Carolina's   shore. 
The   land    was   called    Virginia 

By  England's   virgin    queen, 
And   Raleigh,    knighted,    sent   more    ships 
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'Sir  Richard    Grenville    led   the    fleet 

And   founded  Roanoke; 
But    Indian    liostility 

They   managed    to   provoke, 
And    after   suffering   much   distress, 

Were    eager   to    forsake 
The   colony,    and    go   on   board 
The    ships   of   Francis    Drake. 
They  scarce  had  sailed  when  ships  arrived 

With   bountiful    supplies; 
And    Grenville   landed   fifteen    men 

To   hold   the   enterprise. 
Then    Raleigh    sent    more    emicrrants 

With    Governor   White,   who   found 
The    bones   of  all    the    fifteen    men 

Exposed    upon  the   ground. 
Returning   home   to   get   supplies, 

He    left  a   hundred    there, 
Among    whom   was   the   first   born   child 
They    called  Virginia    Dare. 


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Three   years   elapsed   before  John   White 

The    settlement   regained; 
The   colony   had   disappeared, 

No  vestige    then   remained. 
Sir   Walter   sent   five   different  times, 

But   never   found   a   trace; 
'Tis   thought   they  joined   the   Indians, 

And   mingled   with    their  race. 
Gosnold,  in   sixteen  hundred    two. 

Explored  and  named   Ciipe   Cod; 
Then   Martin    Pring,   and   Weymouth  next, 

Maine's   territory    trod. 


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VIRGINIA. 

The   chartered    London    Company, 

A  settlement  to  form, 
Sent  New^port   out  to    Roanoke, 

But,   driven   by   a   storm, 
He   found    the   Bay   of  Chesapeake, 

Up  the   James  River  came, 


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May   twenty-third,   in    sixteen    seven  ; 

Thus   Jamestown   took   its   name. 
Gosnold,  projector  of  the   pljui. 

And  half  the   settlers   died; 
The   rulers  proving   weak   and   bad, 

John    Smith   was    wisely    tried. 
He   organized   the   colony, 

But,    travellii.g   through    the   lands, 
Was   captured,  and   two   men   were   .lain 

By   savage   Indian   bands. 
Condemned  to  die,   his  life   was  saved 

By   Pocahontas'   love. 
Who,  clinging  to  his   neck,   detained 

The   clubs   that   swung  above. 
The  settlement  was   reinforced 

With   idle   gentlemen  ; 
An  accident  made   Smith   go  home; 

Disaster  followed   then; 
And  as  the   starving   colonists 

Were   sailing  far  away, 


Mayjj,  1607. 


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1611. 

1613 


1621. 


lUitslrafi  d   Slort/   <>/  llic   Uiii(j)i    in    lUtijme. 

Lord    Delaware  with   full  supplies 

Arrived  within   the    bay. 
Tiieii   Gates  came   out    with  working   men, 

Prosper  it  \'  returned  ; 
Fair   Pocahontas   married    Rolfe; 

Powhatan's   love    was   earned. 
Bj'  emigration   every   year, 

The    State  was   firmly  planted; 
King  James,   in   sixteen   twenty-one, 

A   constitution   granted. 


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NEW  ENGLAND  —  MASSACHUSETTS. 

The   Plymouth  Company    resolved 

New   lands   abroad    to   gain ; 
An    unsuccessful  settlement 
1607.  George   Popham   made  in    Maine. 

1614.  In  sixteen   fourteen,    brave  John  Smith 

The   region    well    exj)lored. 
And,  naming   it   New  England,    sailed 
To  spread    its   fame    abroad. 


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(JKoKliK.   WAHillMJIn',-. 

liorn  1732,  (lied  179.).    Coninianilcr-in-chicf  df  the  t'l  Ic  ii'-;  Forces,  War  uf  Iiulciicinlciice. 
i.lcctcd  lirst  I'lcsidcnt  uf  tlic  Unil^  I  .-  .ales  i7i>y. 


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Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  lilnjrac. 

He   came    to   form   a  colony 

With  sixteen   men  next  year, 
But,  captured   by    French  pirates,  lost 

His   ship   and  all   its  gear. 
The   persecuted  Puritans 

Away  from   England   fled; 
John   Robinson,   in  sixteen  eight, 

His   faithful   followers    led 
To  Leyden,  wliere  they   formed   a  churcli 

And    lieard   Dutcli   sailors    tell 
Of  favored    lauds    across    the   sea, 

Where    they   in    peace    might   dwell. 
An  embassy,    to   England   sent, 

Got   k.ave    to   colonize, 
And   London  merchants  furnished    means 

To    purcliase   their   supplies. 
Although  the  Speedwells  courage   failed, 

The    Mayfiotver   spread   her  sails 

At  Plymouth,    with   a   hundred   souls. 

And  braved  the  Athintic   gales. 


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They  sailed    nine    weeks  and  safely  reached 

The   harbor  of   Cape   Cod, 
Rejoicing   in   a    land    that  gave 

Freedom   to  worsliip    God. 
They   gathere(1    in    tl  e   cabin    there. 

A    constitutic  a  'te, 

And    made    Jolm   C    I'ver   governor, 

By    universal    vote. 
Thev   set    their   feet   on    Plymouth    Rock, 

December   twenty-second, 
In    i-'ixteen    twenty;    from    this   date 

The   settlement   is   reckoned. 
The    governor    and    nearly    half 

Of  all   the    little    nation, 
Ere    sunnner   came   luid    lost   their   lives 

Through   sickness   and    privation. 
Their  liopes   were   dull,    when   Samoset, 

An    Indian    chief,    appeared. 
And   sliouting,    "Welcome,    Englishmen!" 

Their  drooping    spirits    cheered. 


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A   treaty,    formetl    with    Massassoit, 

For    fifty    years   was   kept; 
And    Bradford    thirty   years    was    made 

The   ruler's   place    to    accept. 
A   colony,    at    AVeymouth  formed. 

Aroused    the    Indian    foe; 
Miles   Standish   to   the    rescue    came 

In   time    to   avert    the    blow. 
John    Endicott,    with   five    score  men, 

To    Salem    came    to   stay, 
And   there    he  formed   the    colony 

Of  Massachusetts    Bay. 
Next   year     "three   godly   ministers" 

Two  hundred   settlers    brought 
From  England,  and  on  Charlestown  Neck 

A  residence    they    sought. 
John   Winthrop   fifteen    hundred   brought, 

In    sixteen    Jmndred   thirty. 
And    Boston,  witli  its  neighboring  towns, 
Was   settled    by    this  party. 


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1628. 


1629. 


1630. 


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1637. 


Illustrated   Stonj  vf  the  Unlua    la  Itinjme. 

Three    thousand  settlers   came   one   year, 

Among  them    Henry    Vane, 
Who   served   a  year  as  governor 

And   sailed   for   liome   ao-ain. 
The  Puritans  most   highly   prized 
The  freedom   they    had   bf)ught, 
But  yet   denied    to    other  men 

The    liberty   of  thouglit. 
In   Salem,    Roger   AVilliams  preached 

That    rulers    had    no    right 
To   dictate  in  religious   thino-s, 

Man's   conscience    is   his    lio-ht. 
He,   banished,   fled   to   wintry   wilds 

Where   savages  abounded; 
Canonicus   then   gave   him  land; 

Rhode    Island    thus    was   founded. 
Anne    Hutchinson's   peculiar   creed 
Caused   Boston   much   dissension ; 
Imprisonment,   then   banishment, 
Were    meted   bv   convention. 


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Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union   in    Rhynie, 

^ew  England's  colonies    were   joined, 

In    .sixteen    forty-three, 
Except   Rhode    Ishi,)d,    which   had   failed 

With    Plymouth    to    agree. 
Ten    Quakers,    who   had    crossed    the   sea, 

Were    back   to    E.,g]an<l   .shipped, 
But    others    came,    and,   f,.r    their  faith. 
Were    hanged,    imprisoned,    whipped. 
But   when    the    persecutions  ceased. 

The    Quaker   zeal  was   staid, 
And   seconding   John    Eliot's    work, 

They  gave   the    Indians  aid. 
Oood    Massassoit  kept    the    ])eace ; 
By  English   growth    made   :,ore. 
His    son    the    friendly   treaties    broke. 

And    waged    King   Philip's    war. 
J^ew    E,.gland's   fiercest   Indian   tribes 

This    wrathful   chieftain    led, 
And   fearful   slaughter   raged   a   year. 
Till   Church   cut   off  his   head. 


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1675. 


1676. 


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lllustmli'd  Htonj  uj  Car.   Vniun   i„    llliyinc. 

Two  judges,    who   condemned   Charles    First» 

Were    sheltered    in    the    hind ; 
This  brought  a   Njivigjition   Act 

From    Chiirles    the    Second's    hand. 
It   favored    England    in  their   trade, 

And  hindered    foreign    barter, 
And    Charles,    to   gain    control,   annulled 

The    Massachusetts   charter. 
James   Second   all    New    England's    States 

A    royal   province    made; 
Sir   Edmund   Andros   was   sent   out 

The    government   to    aid. 
But   when    King    James    had    lost   his   throne,. 

This    tvrant    went    to  jail. 
And    Boston's   patriots  sent   him    home, 

With    fifty    more,    by   sail. 
In    three   years    more   Sir   William    Phipps 

Was    sent   his   place    to   fill  ; 
New   England's    colonies   remained 

A   royal   province    still. 


INDKri-.NDF.NCK    HAM.,    I'll IT.AriF.I. I'M lA. 

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Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union   in   Rhyme. 

Belief  in   witchcraft   cursed    the   hind 

In   sixteen    ninety-two; 
Wise   Cotton  Mather   and  great  men 

Dechired   the   doctrine    true. 
In   Salem   persecution    raged. 

In  jail    were  hundreds   flung, 
By  torture   fifty-five    confessed, 

And   twenty   folks   were   hung. 


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u\EW  YORK. 

The   Dutch   sent    Henry  Hudson   out, 

Who   came   to  New    York   Bay, 
And   up    the   river   Hudson   made 

For   sixty  leagues   his   way. 
In   sixteen   thirteen    Adrian    Block 

First   Hell   Gate's  passage    made  ; 
And   many   ships   then    came    to  seek 

The  fur    and   peltry   trade. 
The   Dutch   East   India    Company, 

In  sixteen   twenty-three, 


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1664. 


Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Ithijine. 

Sent    thirty   families    of  Walloons 

With    Alay    across    the    sea. 
These    people    were    French   Protestants 

Who    into    Holland    fled; 
Eight   families  formed   Albany, 

The   rest  at    Brooklyn    stayed. 
In   twenty-six    came    Minuit, 

Dutch   power   to    augment ; 
The    Indians    sold    Manhattan    Lsle, 

Ten    acres    for   a    cent. 
Fierce    warfare    with    the    Indians 

Gave   twenty   years    of   care; 
The    Dutch   by   force   of  arms   subdued 

The   Swedes    of  Delaware. 
An    English   fleet   arrived   in    port, 

In    sixteen   sixty-four, 
Demanding   for   the    Duke   of  York 

Surrender   of  the    shore. 
The    Council   yielded    up   tlie   place 
Against   Stuyvesant's   pleas; 


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Illnstrattd  Slonj  of  (he  Union  in  lilujme. 

The  English  flag  above   New    York 

Then  floated   on   tlie  breeze. 
The   Dutclj,   in   sixteen  seventy-three, 
Through   treason   gained    the    town; 
But  gave  it,   after  sixteen   months, 

Again   to   Enghmd's   crown. 
The   tyranny  of  governors 

Made  Leisler   take   the   rule, 
Whom   Sloughter  most   unjustly   hung, 

By  liquor  made   a  fool. 
Against   West   India  pirate   craft 

They  sent  out   Captain    Kidd, 
Wiio   hoisted   up   the  pirate's  flag, 

"And    wickedly   he    did." 
In   politics   the   Democrats 

Were   led   by   Rip   Van    Dam, 
And   party   strife,   for   matiy   years. 

Kept  passions   in  a  flame. 
The   people   feared   the   "Negro   Plot," 
To   burn   New   York   for  gold. 


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And  nearly   eight}'   colored   folks 
Were    hanged,    or   burned,   or  sold. 


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MARYLAND. 

Lord   Maryland  secured   a   grant 

Beyond   Potomac's   shore ; 
1634.         The  persecuted    Catholics, 

In    sixteen   thirty-four, 
From    England   to   St.    Mary's   came 

In  search    of  toleration, 
'635-45.        And   jMaryland    was   opened   to 

The   oppressed   of  every   nation. 
Dissension   came,  and   Clayborne   twice 

Against   th^   crown   rebelled ; 
The   Protestants   unjustly   used 

The   powers   that   they    held. 
In   civil   wars   and  party   strifes 

The   time   was   largel}'  spent, 
1715.         Until   the   fourth   Lord   Baltimore 

Secured  the  government. 


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Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in  Rhyme. 
CONNECTICUT. 

The  river  of  Conriecticut 

Was  found   by   Adiitui   Block, 
In   sixteen   fourteen,   and   tlie   Dutch 

Its  trading   chances   took. 
Earl  Warwick  got  a   grant   of  land, 

Expressed   in   current   notion, 
"From    Narragansett    liiver   to 
The   great   Pacific    Ocean." 
He   soon    transferred  his   interest 
To   Say-and-Seal  and   Brooke, 
Who   towards   the   region's   settlement 

Some   active   measures   took. 
In   sixteen  hundred   thirty-three 

Holmes'   colony   was  made 
At  Windsor;   Steele  then  brought  a  band 

Who  near  to   Hartford   stayed. 
A  hundred   more,   from   Boston,  joined 
Their   friends   the   following   year. 


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]Uu!^tr<it,:d   Sl„nj  0/  the  Union  in  Jih;/,itr. 

"The   light  of  Western    Churches"  styled, 

Good    Hooker  gave    them    clieer. 
Joliii    Wiiithrop    built   the    Saybrook    fort, 

And    made   a    colony   there, 
Determined    that   these   fertile   lands 
The   Dutchmen    should   not   share. 
The   Pequod    War  distressed   the   land, 

And    thirty  men    were   slain; 
The    Xarragansetts   were   induced 

As   allies    to   remain 
By  Roger   Williams,   and   they  joined 

The  troops   of  Capniin    Mason, 
Inflicting   on    the    Pequod   tribe 

Complete   extermination. 
John    Davenport,   with    London    friends, 

Arranged    New    Haven's   site  ; 
Church   members   were    the  only   men 

Who   held    the  voter's    right. 
A   Royal   Charter   was   obtained 
In   sixteen   sixty-two ; 


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The   Colonies   of  Connecticut 

A  bond    of  union  drew. 
When   Andros  came   with  sixty  men, 

The  charter  to   revoke, 
Brave   Captain   Wadsworth    Iiid  it  safe 

Within   the  "charter  oak." 

DELAWARE. 

The  Dutch  came  out  to  Delaware 

In   sixteen   thirty-one, 
But  savages  destroyed   them   all 

Before   a  year  was  gone. 
Then  Swedes  established  colonies 

In   sixteen   thirty-eight; 
But  Dutch  and   English   finally. 

Secured  the  little   State. 

NEW  JERSEY, 

New  Jersey's  settlement   was  made 
In  sixteen  sixty-four, 


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And   Carteret  and   Berkeley   both 
The  landed   titles   bore. 
1676.  West  Jersey  passed    within    the    hands 

Of   Quakers   and   cf  Penn, 
Until    in    seventeen   hundred    two, 
1702.  It  joined   the    East  again, 

And    both  were   subject  to    New  York 
Till    seventeen   thirty-eight, 
•738.  When    Governor   Lewis    Morris   ruled 

t'lew   Jersey   separate. 


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THE    CAUOLIXAS. 

>663.  Lord    Clarendon  and   seven   friends, 

In   sixteen   sixty-three. 
Secured    the  Carolina   lands 

From    Charles   the   Second  —  free. 
The    colonies   of  Albemarle 

And   Carteret   were   formed; 
To   Charleston's   genial   settlement 

Both   Dutch  and   Huguenots   swarmed. 


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Born  1767, died  1S4S,  ckclcil  siinlor  liinii  Massm  IuimUs  iSoj,  ai^pniiiicil  Minister  ti>  Iranco, 
Secri-tary  lit"  Stale  1S17,  MMiiine  Aiiinini^tralinn ;  1'rrNi.li.iU,  1X25. 


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2llustrakd  Story  uf  the  Union   In   lUujmc. 

In   seventeen   hundred  twenty-nine 

A   separation   came ; 
Then   Carolina,   North  and    Sonth, 

The   royal    rule   proclaini. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Good   William    Penn,    in    eighty-two, 

Brought   out   a   chartered  right, 
And   bargained   fairly    with   the   Swedes 

For    Philadelphias   site. 
He   paid   respect   to  Indian    tribes. 

And   treated    them    as   men; 
The    Indians   in   turn    resolved 

"To   live    in    love    with    Peini." 
He   went   to    England   to   reside 

n   sixteen    eighty-four, 
B       came   again   in   ninety-nine, 

Remaining   two   years   more. 
Hi£   heirs   controlled    the   government 

Till   revolution   came; 


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1684. 


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1779-  The    State    of   Pennsylvania 

Then   paid    them    for   their   claim. 

GEORGIA. 

Good    General    Ogletliorpe   came    out, 
In    seventeo!!    thirty-three, 

And   at   Savannah    formed    a    home, 
Where    debtors   might    be    free. 

KIXG  WILLIAM'S  WAR. 

King   William's   costl}'    war   with    France 

For   seven    years    was   waged, 
Canadian,    French,   and    Indian    bauds 

The    colonists    enrag(Ml. 
Schenectady,   and   other   towns, 

These    foes    attacked    and    burned ; 
The    colonists   were    then    aroused, 

And    warfare    was    returned. 
1690.  Port    Royal,    in    Acadia, 

Was   plundered   bv   a   fleet, 


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Illustrated  Story  of  the  Union  in   Rlujme. 

But  forces   sent   to   Canada 
Encountered    sore   defeat. 

QUEEN  ANNE'S  WAR. 

Queen    Anne's    War    made    \vith   Prance 
and    Spain, 
In   seventeen   hundred   two, 
Awoke   the   French   and   Indian 

Hostilities    anew. 
The  town   of  Deerfield   was   destroyed, 

And   all   the   frontier  flamed; 
Port  Royal,    by   the   colonists   seized, 

Annapolis   was   named. 
South   Carolina   fruitlessly 
Attacked   St.  Augustine; 
A   British   fleet   and   troops    were   sent 

To   Boston   by   the    Queen, 
And   led   by   Walker   made   attempt 
Again   to   take    Quebec: 


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so  lUndndciJ  Story  of  the  Union  in   lilnjme. 

Eight   ships  were  lost;  nine  liundred   men 
All   perished    in    the   wreck. 

KING  GEOnarS   W'AIi. 

For    thirty   years   repose    was   liad, 

Till   seventeen   fort3'-fonr, 
When    France    and    England   broke   the    peace 
1744.  And    caused    King   (leorge's    War. 

The    English    captured    Louisburg, 

liut  gave   it   back   again, 
And   failing   to    make  boundaries, 

Let   cause   of  war   remain. 

FliENCir-IXDTAX  WAR  AND  liEVOLVTION. 

1754.         This    brought   the    French   and    Indian    War, 

Disputed   lands   to   gain, 
Which    sixteen    million   dollars   cost, 

And   thirty   thousand  men. 
175s.        Defeat   was  met   at   Fort   du   Quesne, 

And    Braddock   lost   his   life ; 


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IIIK    n.Vni.K   OK    lll'KNA   VISTA. 

'Down  the  Mils  of  Aiij^ostura  still  tin:  storm  of  battle  rolls; 
IMood  is  tlowiny,  men  are  dying;   (iod  have  merry  on  their  souls!" 


Illustmtvd  Story  »/  thr  Union   in   Ithyme, 

George  Washington  then  showed  his  skill, 

Retreating  from    the   strife. 
In   fifty-eiglit  he  led   tlie   attack 

Retrieving  this   disgrace, 
And   Pittsburg,  named   for  William  Pitt, 

Now  stands   upon  the   place. 
Crown   Point,   Ticonderoga,   both 

Were  yielded   by  tlie   foe, 
Niagara   was   then   obtained 

By  Johnson   and    Prideaux. 
Acadia  and   Louisburg, 

With   all   Cape   Breton's   isle, 
Were  gained;  and  Wolfe  secured  Quebec, 

Expiring   with  a  smile. 
The   Paris   treaty   closed    the   war, 

In   seventeen   sixty-three. 
And   England   held   the   continent 

Across  from   sea   to   sea. 
The   tiiirteen   colonies  progressed 
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Aroused   their  indignation. 

Their  manufactures   were   suppressed, 
All    foreign   trade   prevented, 

And  taxes  laid   by  parliaments, 
Where   none    were  represented. 

Their  homes  were   searched   by   officers 
With    Writings  of  Assistance: 

James   Otis   gave   the    trumpet   call 
That   roused   the  first  resistance. 

The    Stamp   Act   stirred   the   populace, 
And    mobs   defied   the  law; 

The   Sons   of  Liberty   combined, 
And    home-made   clothes   they   wore. 

Tiie   English  merchants  losing  trade. 
The   Stamp   Act  was  repealed; 

Then  William    Pitt   and    Edmund   Burke 
Their  love   of  right  revealed. 

On   colors,   paper,   glass   and  tea 
New   taxes   soon   were   laid. 


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And   Boston   had  to   tolerate 

An   English   Board    of  Tiade. 
Then  Enghmd   sent   some   soldiers  out, 

And   passed    the    Mi  tiny    Act, 
WJiich   ordered    colonists   to   provide 

All    tilings    the    soldiers   Jacked. 
Two   regiments,    uith    General    Gage, 

On   Boston    town    were    quartered; 
The   State    Street   massacre   took   place; 

Tiiree    citizens  were    slaughtered. 
The   rising   of  the    populace 

Fdled    England  with    alarm; 
By  taking   duties   off  of  goods, 

She   sought    to    undo    the    liarm. 
But    jiiat   to   keep    the    principle, 

The    lax   was   kept  on   tea, 
And    Boston's   patriots   emptied    out 

A    portion    in    the   sea. 
Of  Massacliusetts,    General    Gage 

The   governor   was   made. 


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Which    closed    its   foreign    triide. 
A   Continental    Congress    held, 

In   seventeen   seventy-four, 
In    Philatlelphia,    res')lved 

The    English    acts   to    ignore. 
New    York,    Virginia,    and    the    South 

Were    filled    with    freedom's  breath, 
And    echoed  Patrick    Henry's   cry 

For   liberty   or  death. 
Eighc   hundred    men    were   sent   by    Gage 

For   arms    at    Concord  stored; 
The    famous   rido  of   Paul    Kevere 

Soon    sprea<l    the    news   aliroad. 
April  19,  1775.     The    minute    men    at    Lexington, 

Opposeil    the    advancing    host: 
The    British  fired    on    the  bind, 

And    eight    good    lives    were    lost. 
At  Concord  they  destroyed  the  stores 

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Each  man  for  vengeance   burned. 
From   houses,   fences,   trees  and  rocks 

The  musket  bullets   sped, 
And    near   three   hundred  men  were  lost, 

As   home  the   soldiers   fled. 
Ticonderoga   and    Crown  Point 

Americans   secured, 
And    large  supplies  of  stores   and   guns, 

Much   needed,    were   procured. 
A   second   congress   met   to   raise 

An   army    for  the    land : 
George  Washington  was  authorized 

To    take   the   chief  command. 
Near   twenty   thousand    fighting   men 

Surrounded   Boston   soon, 
And    battle   rMgcnl   at   Bunker   Hill 

The   seventeenth   of  Jiuie. 
The    British    twice    tied   down    Jie    hill, 
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They  drove    the    "Yankees"   back. 
Dec.  3«.«77S'    Montgomery   attacked    Quebec, 

But    fell   when    first   they   liretl ; 
They   wounded   Arnold,    Morgan   seized, 

The   rest   in   spring   retired. 
The    Ileigiits   of  Dorchester   were   armed 

By   colonists   at   night, 
March  .7,  .776.    The    English   under   General    Howe 

To    Halifax   made    flight. 
Eleven   months  they'd    Boston   held, 

While    troops   besieged    it   round  ; 
Tiiey   pillaged   liouses,    rilled    shops. 

Profaning    ''holy   ground." 
The   Eiiglish    fleet   to    Charleston  sailed, 
June  28,  .776.         And   on   Fort   Moultrie   iired  ; 

The    Southern   guns   replied   so    well. 

The   shattered   ships  retired. 
July    the    fourth,   in   seventy-six, 
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The    P^nglish,    with    the    brothers    Howe, 

End)arked    to    seize    New    York; 
They    numbered    thirty    thousand    men, 

All    eaj^^er    tor    the    woi-k. 
The    battle    of    Long    Island    brought 

The   patriots   sore   defeat; 
In   fog,    they   made    escape,    while    Howe 

Was    waiting   for    the    ileot. 
The    British    followed   to    New    York, 

And    Washington    was    found 
At    Harlem    Heights.      They   moved    their  troops 

His   army   to    surround. 
But   Washington   withdrew  in  part 

His   forces   to    White    Plains, 
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The  Hessians   took    P'ort    Washington, 

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The    troops    across  New    Jersey's    land 

Willi    Washington    made    llight  ; 
They   crossed    the    ice-fdled    Delaware 
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DeczM;?^.     At    Treuton    killed    some    llesNian    troops, 
Secured    a    thousand    more, 
And    safe    re-crossed     the    Dehiware; 

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A^^ain    he    crossed    tlie    Delaware, 
At    Trenton    took    his    p^.^t, 
Jan.  3,  .777.      On    Princeton    made    a    night    attack  ; 
The    foe    three    hundred    lost. 
The    Howes,    with   eighteen    thousand   men, 

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And   stood  at  Cl.ad's   Ford   to   oppose 

Tlie   enemy's   design. 
The    Hessians   met   them    at   the    front, 

Cornwallis    in   the   rear; 
The   patriot    troops  were   put    to   flight; 

Their  losses  were   severe. 
Puhiski   and    brave   La   Fajette 

Displayed    their   valor   well, 
But   British    numbers   won    the   day, 

And   Philadelphia   fell. 
Then    Washington,   at   Germantown, 

Led   on   a   bold   attack. 
And  though    almost   victorious, 

The   patriots    fell   back. 
The  British    fleet   and   army   gained 

The   forts    of  Delaware; 
To    Valley   Forge    the    patriots   marched, 

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Resolved    to   die    or   gain. 
Sept,  .9 ><i:  Oct.  7.    Two    fights   at   Saratoga    brought 
The    British   woeful   fates: 
Burgoyne    surrendered   up   his   troops 

And   sword    to    General    Gates. 
The    British,    in    Connecticut, 

The  town  of  Danbury    burned  ; 
Sag    Harbor,    burned    by  Colonel  Meigs, 

The  injury    returned. 
The   Continental    soldiers  strove 
With    hunger,    sickness,  cold. 
And   forty    ])aper   dollars    bought 

One   dollar's    wortli    in    gold. 
By   Frankliirs   efforts    was   secured 

The    sympathy   of   France, 
Who   sent   a   fleet   and    soldiers   out 
The    patriot   cause    to   advance. 
Junes,  ,778.     At    Monmouth,    General    Clinton's   troops 
Were   puUiug   Lee    to   flight, 


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July  29,  1778. 


Julys,  1778. 


'Then  Washington   led   back   the   men, 

And   Clinton   left   at   nicrlit. 
The    French   and    English   navies   met 

Off  Narragansett   Bav  : 
A   fight    was   thwarted   by   a   storm 

Tiiat  drove    the   ships   away. 
The    massacre   of   Wyoming, 

Enacted   in    July, 
By   tory   troops   and   savages, 

Description  would   defy. 
The    British    troops   in    Georgia    took 

Savannah   and   Augusta, 
And  Prevost's  force  to  Charleston  marched,    April  27,  ,77c,. 

But,   met   by   Lincoln's   muster, 
They   hastily   retraced   their   steps. 

Retreating   to   Savannah, 
And    Lincoln   followed   in    the  fall. 

Allied   with  France's   banner. 
Attack    was    made;   a    thousand   men 
And   brave   Pulaski   fell; 


Dec  29,  1778. 


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Altlioiigh    they'd    fought   so   well. 
Connecticut's   nio.st    noted    towns 
J"lv. '779.  I5y    Trjon    were   invaded, 

Wiio,  tliough  he  burned  or  jdundered  each,. 

His    clemency    paraded. 
Eight   hundred   men   to    Stony    Point 
July  15.  i??*?.  Were   led    by   General   Wayne, 

By   strategy   and   night   attack 

The   fortress   they    regain. 
The   atrocities   of   Wyoming 

Severely  were   repaid 
By   Sullivan,    who    led    his   troops 
Aug.,i77<;.  Upon   a   vengeful   raid. 

He   burned   some   forty  villages 

Among  tlie    famed    Six    Nations; 
But   Indian    hatred    fiercer   erew. 

By   all    these    tribulations. 
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Were    captured   in    tliree   yeiirs. 
Paul    Jones   went   cruising  with  liis  fleet, 

Along   the    English   coast, 
And   conquered   the    Serapis  there,  Sept.  23,  i;?;- 

But   Bon   Homme   Richard    lost. 
Then   Clinton   came  to  Charleston's  siege, 

Which   forty   days    it   bore, 
Till   Lincoln   luid   to  yield    liis    troops  May  12  1780. 

As   prisoners   of  war. 
The   British   made   marauding   trips, 

Through   Carolina's   lands, 
Which    Marion,   Sumler,    Pickens,    Lee, 

Resisted    with   their  bands. 
Then   Gates   marched   South,  the   losing  cause 

At   Camden   to   regain ; 
Cornwallis   put  his   troops   to   flight,  Aug.  16, 1780. 

And   brave    De  Kalb    was   slain. 
West   Point    was  nearly   yielded    up 

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Sept.  23, 17S0     But   Major   Andre's    Ciiptors   Iciiriied 
Tlio    secret  just   in    season. 
Bad    Arnold,    by   a    messenger, 
Was    warned   in    time    to   fly. 
Good   Andre    rules    of  war    condemned, 
Oct.  2, 17S0.  They   hung    him    as   a   s])y. 

Nat   Greene   succeeded    General   Gates, 
And    Tarleton    was    defeated 
Jan.  17,  .781.     At   Cowpens,   by  the    Southern    troops. 

With    Morgan.    They   retreated, 
jsn.&Feb.  178..   And  joined    by    Greene,    the    feeble  band 
Virginia   safely   gain ; 
Cornwallis    followed,    but   the   streams 

Were   swollen   by   the   rain. 
When   rested,    Greene    resumed    the    war, 
March  15, 1781.        At    Guilford   Court    House    fouoht, 

Where,    though    the    liritish  gained   the    day. 

The   field   was   dearly   bought. 
In   South   Carolina   Greene   gave   help, 
Sept.  8, 1781  At   Eutaw  Springs  gave   fight. 


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For   Charleston   in    the   night. 
The   traitor    Arnold    led    a   force 

To   gratify   his   hate, 
And   burned    and   plundered    brutally 

Within   Virginia's    State. 
Cornwallis   taking   Arnold's  place 

Destroyed   ten   millions'  worth; 
Against   his   forts   at    Yorktown   marched 

The  forces   from    the   North, 
Who,   led   by    Washington,  encamped 

About   twelve   thousand    strong, 
Americans   and  Frenchmen  joined, 

A   brave    and   hearty  throng. 
They   iired   ships    with   red-hot   shells, 

And    forts    were    battered   down ; 
Cornwallis,    seeing   no    escape, 

Surrendered    up    tao    town. 
His   seven    thousand   troops  marched  out, 

Gave    up   the   arms   they   bore, 


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And   all   the  patriots   gladly   hailed 

The  closing   of   the    war. 
A   year   the    British    Charleston  held, 

Prepared    for   warlike    work, 
Two    years   their   soldiers    occnpied 

Savannah   and   New    York. 
Lord    North,   by    Engli>h   sentiment, 

His   ministry   resigned; 
In    Paris,  seventeen    eighty -three, 

The    terms    of  peace    were    signed. 
The  struggle    left    America 
With   poverty   distressed, 
But   Shaj^'s   rebellion    at  the   North 

By   Lincoln   was   suppressed. 
The    thirteen   States  had    through   the   war 

Preserved   confederation  ; 
They    met   at    Philadelphia   now 
To    form   themselves   a    nation. 
In   seventeen   hundred   eighty   seven 
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Which   came   in   force   in    eighty-nine  1789-  j 

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In   unity   arose ; 
George    Washington   for    President,  '789. 

With   ghid  acclaim    they   chose.  !; 

By    Alexander    Hamilton 

Financial  laws   were    made,  | !} 

With    duties   on    imported   goods  ^ 

And   on    the    spirit   trade. 
The   latter   made    the    whiskey  men 

Ajjainst   the   law  rebel,  1794.  r| 

And   fifteen   thousand   men   came    out 

The    malcontents   to    quell.  ^% 

Two    armies   in    the    West   both    failed 

The    Indians    to   restrain. 
Until  their   country   was   laid    waste  17.54. 

Before   mad    Anthony   Wayne. 
Affairs   of  state   were    well   controlled 

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With    S[)i;in    and    witli    Algiers. 
John    Adams,  by   the    Federalists, 

Was    President    elected  ; 
The    alien   and  sedition   laws 

His    government   effected. 
America    fell   out  with    France, 

And   many   insults   bore  ; 
Napoleon   gained    the    Consulship, 

And   wisely    savetl    a   war. 
'^Tlie    Father   of  his   Country"  died 

In    seventeen    ninety-nine  ; 
The    homaTC    of    the    land    was   paid 

Around    Mount  Vernon's    shrine. 
The    wise   and   brilliant   Jeffers(jn, 

The    ''Saw    of   Monticello," 
Was  chosen    by    Republicans, 

John    Adams'    term    to    follow. 
Then    fifteen    millions,    paid    to    France, 

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His   deadly   duel  fought. 
Tlie  war   with   Tripoli   occurred 

That   pirate   dues   might  cetise , 
Bombardment  of  the   port  secared 

Desired    terms   of  peace. 
While   French   and   English  were   at  war, 

Americans   carried   cargo, 
'The     Leopard   took  the    Chesapeake, 

And  Congress  made   Embargo. 
Republicans   as   candidate 

James    Madison   selected, 
And   after   Jefferson's    two   terms 

He   too    was   twice   elected. 
'The    British    roused    the   Indian    tribes, 

Who  made    attack   by    night, 
At    Tippecanoe,    on    Ihirrison, 

But   suffered  in    the    fijjht. 
The   seamen    of  America 

By  England   were   impressed ; 


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Their   sliips   were   seized   and   all    resolved 

Tliese    \vron<4s   should    ho    redressed. 
A    shot    afjuiiist    the    Provident 
Mayir,,  is.i  Was    fired    hy    Little    Belt, 

But    civil    answer    was    r(,'tunied, 

AVheu    the    frigate's    guns    were    felt. 
The    War    of  Eighteen    Hundred    Twelve 
June  I.,,  i>*i2  Wilh    England    was    declared, 

And    armaments    on    land    and    sea, 

Witli   vigor    were    prepared. 
Tiie    British,    under    General    lirock. 
Advanced    to    take    Detroit, 
Aug.  .6,  .8.2     And    Hull    surrendered    np    tlie    place, 
Disirraced    bv    tins    exploit. 
Another    failure    was    sustained, 
Oct.  ,.,  .s„.         Attacking    Qneenstown    Heights; 
But    these    disgraces    were    retrieved 
By    brilliant    naval    figlits. 
Aug.  .0,  .S.2.    The    Comtitntion,    Captain    Hull, 
Subdued    the    Cruerriere ; 


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The    Wasp  shot   off  the   FruUcs   crew, 

U:itil   her   decks    were    bare. 
The    Macedonian  stiuck    her   flii;.^ 

To    Commodore   Deetrtur , 
And    Biiiubridge    took   the   Java    next, 

A.id    burned   her   three  days    later. 
Tlie    darhig    Yankee    jirivateers 

Excited    British   fear, 
For   quite    three   liundred   merchant   sliips 

Were    captured   in   a   year. 
The    armies    sent    to   Ca;:ad:; 

Returned    without   success ; 
But   Perry's   vessels,   on    the   Lakes, 

Brought  Stars  and   Stripes   redress. 
The    Indians  joined    the   British  troops, 

And   fought  both   South  and    West ; 
Tecumseii's   death,   at   River  Tiuimes, 

Their   savage   zeal   depressed. 
The   Hornet   took    the    Peacock^    brig, 

And   sank   her    by   her   cannon ; 


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June;  I,  iSi!.     But   Lawrence,  in    the    Chesapeake, 
Fell   victim   to   the    Shannon. 
The    Hritisli    ,shi[)s    nuicle    ravages 

Along   the    SoutI  -i-n    coast. 
And    man}'   of   the    citizens 

Their  lionies    and    fortunes   lost. 
juiv  5. 1S14.     Scott   won   the   fight   at   Cliippewa, 
juiy:5,  iSm.         Aud   ulso    Luudy's  Lauc  ; 

McDonough    took    the    British    fleet, 
Sept  11,  iSm.        That   fought   on    Lake  Chaniplain. 
Auu.  24, 1814.    "^'he    British   captured  AVashingtcn, 
se:)t  12, 1S14.        But   failed   at   Baltimore; 

They    captured    ships   and   plundered  towns 

Alono:   tlie    Northern    shore. 
December   twenty-fourth,    at   Ghent, 
Dec  24, 1S14.        A   treat}'   settled    peace  ; 
Jan.  s,  1S15.     But    Jackson    won    New    Orleans'   light 
Before    the    war   could   cease. 
To   fill    the   Presidential   chair, 
1817.  Monroe   two   terms   was   sought; 


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Missouri   Compromise    was   made  March  3, -sc©. 

And   Florida   was   bought.  '819. 

John    Quijicy   Adams   next  in   turn  »S2s. 

Four  years   secured   the   seat; 
Protective    tariffs   were    enforced, 

And   brought   about   defeat. 
Tlien  Andrew  Jackson  served  eight  years,  1829. 

And   put   down    "Nullification;"  1832. 

He   let   the  victors   share  the   spoils 

In   office   by    "rotation." 
By   limiting   the   public    Bunk, 

All   commerce   was   distressed; 
In   Black   Hawk's   War,  the   Indians 

Were   conquered    in   the   West. 
The   Seminoles,   in   Florida, 

By   Osceola  led, 
For  years   maintained   a   bloody   war; 

They  slaughtered    Major   Dade.  Dec  28, 1835. 

Van    Buren,   by   the   Democrats,  1837. 

Was   chosen  for  a   term ; 


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April  4,  1S41. 


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1S42. 
1844. 

1845. 

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A   crisis   cjime  in   thirty-seven  — 
A   great  financial   storm. 

Rebellion   in    the  Canudas 

An   English  war  fomented ; 
The  "  Northeast    Boundary  "  fanned  the  llame, 

But   bloodshed   was  prevented. 
Tlie   Whigs  elected    Harrison, 

Wlio   served  a   month   and  died; 
And  Tyler,   the    Vice-President, 

"Was    called  on    to  preside. 
He   vetoed  measures   of  the   Wiiigs; 

Rhode   Island  quelled    sedition ; 
The  Southern   Ocean    was   explored 

By   Wilkes'   Expedition ; 
The   "Anti-Renters,"'   in    New   York, 

By   force    of  arms  were    quelled ; 
The   JNIormons,   out  of   Illinois, 

By   riots    were    expelled. 
The   Democrats  elected  Polk, 

Though   Whigs   supported  Clay  ; 


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Both   Oregon   and    Texas  formed 

The    questions  of   tlie  day. 
The   Northwest  IJoundary  Line  was  fixed, 

And   Texas    was  annexed ;  1845. 

But   Mexico   still    claimed    this   State, 

And  thus   to    war  was  vexed. 
Then   Taylor  marched    to   Rio   Grande, 

At     Palo     Alto    fought  ;  May  8,  .846. 

Resaca   de   la   Palma   too.  May 9, 1846. 

A   brilliant   victory    brought. 
He  gained   the   day   at   Monterey,  Sept.  24, 1846. 

And   Buena   Vista    won,  Feb.  23, 1847. 

Though    Santa    Anna   bravely   fought 

Till   setting    of  the    sun. 
New  Mexico   was   quickly   gained 

By   General   Kearney   then, 
And   California   was   won 

By   John   C.   Fremont's  men. 
Then  Winfield   Scott   took   Vera  Cruz;       March sg,  1847. 

Through   several   fights   he   bore 


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■ept  .4. 1847.     Tlie    Stars    and   Stripes    to    ^Mexico, 
Feb,  2, 1S4S.  And    treaty    closed    the    Avar. 

Wilmot';i   rroviso    aimed    to    keep 

All    slavery    from    new    States ; 
This   roused    the    people    North   and   South 

To    violent    debates. 
In   fortv-eicfht    a   workman    found 

The    California   gold; 
And    thousands   flocked   from   all  the    lands 

Where'er  the    tale    was    told. 
The    Whigs    now  Zachary    Taylor   chose, 

Who    died    the    following   year ; 
And    Millard    Fillmore    occupied 

Tlie    Presidential    chair. 
Domestic  slavery    now   became 

The    question    of    the    day, 
And    compromises    were   secured 

By    Webster    and    by    Clay. 
The    "fillibusters"    made    attempts 

For   Cuba'ij  annexation; 


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But   Lopez   met   defeat   and   death, 

And   roused  Spain's   ijjdignution. 
The   Democrats   now   gained   the  day, 

Electing   Franklin    Pierce  ;  iSj). 

The   Kansas   and   Nebraska    Hill  May,  1854. 

Made   slavery   conflicts   fierce. 
Ten    millions,    paid   to    Mexico, 

Arranged   the   boundary    line, 
And   Perry's   visit    caused    Japan 

Trade   privilege   to   assign.  t8s4 

Buchanan   next   was   President,  jSj;. 

And   during   his  four  years. 
Discussions    upon  slavery 

Excited  general  fears, 
^ome   Northern   States  opposed   the  law 

That   fugitives  returned ; 
John    Brown  an  insurrection  made,  iSkq. 

And   Southern   anger  burned. 
When  Abraham  Lincoln  gained  his  place,         i86i. 

Seven   Southern   States   seceded,  uetao,  isea 


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1861. 


Feb.4, 1861.     And    or^'iiuized    Confederate   States, 

By   Jefferson    Davis    headed. 
April  .2, 1861.    Fort    Sumter   yielded;     Northern    blood. 
April  19, 1861.        In    Baltimore    was   shed; 

Virginia    was    the  battle    ground 

To    whieh    the    troops    were    led. 
The    Nortlieriiers    sustained   defeat 

At  the    Battle    of   Bull    Run  ; 
At    Carthage,    Wilson's    Creek,   Ball's    Bluff,, 

The    South    more   victories    won. 
The    North    some    minor    battles   gained, 

Gave    Border   States  their   aid, 
And   off    the    seaports    of  the    South 

Their    ships    maintained   blockade. 
Commissioners,    from    Southern   States, 

Were    seized    on   board   the    Trent; 
When    England    nade    remonstrances, 

Apologies    w.-r^;    sent. 
Fort   Henry   and    Fort    Donaldson, 

With   Island    Number    Ten, 


Nov.  8,  1S61. 


1S62. 


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Shiloh   and    Murfreesboioueh's   fi<'hts. 

Were   won   by   Northern    men. 
Antietam's   indecisive   ficht 

Made  Lee's   command   fall   back. 
And   thus   protected    Washington 

From   danger   of  attack. 
The   Monitor   whipped   the  Merrimac, 

Preventing   great  defeat; 
New    Orleans    was    forced    to   yield 

To    Farragnt   with  his   fleet ; 
Confederate   victories   were    won 

By   Jackson   and    by   Lee; 
Then    Lincoln's  Proclamation   came, 

That  made   the   negroes   free. 
The   South   at   Chickainauga   won. 

And    Chancellorsville    was   gained  i 
In   Charleston,    spite    of  Jl    attacks. 

The    Southern   troops   remained. 
The    Northern   forces    Vicksburg   gained. 

And  Chattanooga's  height ; 


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March    19,   1862' 


April  25,  1862. 


Jan.  I,  1863. 

Sept,  20,  1863. 
May  3,  18^.3. 


July,  1863. 
Nov.  25,  1863, 


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Nov.,  1864. 


July  1-3,  .863.    The    three   days'    iizht    at    Gettysburg, 
Turned   Lee">   adviuice    to    tlight. 
Tlie    Wilderness,   ar.  l    other   fields, 

Were    won    by    General    Lee, 
But   Slierman    ni,..lc    Lis    famous  march 

Througli   Georgia    to    the    sea, 
And    Northern    ar:i:ivs   g-iiiied   success 
Throuo'hout   the    S  'iiih   and    West, 
While    ''on    to    Richnionir"    General   Grant 

With    firm    persistence    pressed. 
Throuoh    Carolina    Sherman    marched, 
Feb.  17, 1865.         Columbia   was    taken  ; 
Feb.  18, 1865.     And   Charleston    threatened   in   the   rear. 
By   Southerners    was   forsaken. 
On    April   third,   in   sixty-five, 
Aprils,  i%3.         Lee    out   of   Richmond   fled, 
April  9,  1865.     And    on    the    ninth  surrendered  up 
The    troops  he'd   bravely    led. 
Tills   civil   war,   they   estimate. 
Three   thousand   millions  cost, 


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And   on   both   sides,  'tis  probable, 

A   million    lives  were    lost. 
A   second  term   as   President 

To    Lincoln   was  secured; 
Booth   killed   him   by   i^    pistol  shot, 

When   peace   was  just   assured. 
Then    Andrew   Johnson   measures   took 

The    Union   to   re^tore ; 
He   freely  pardoned   all   the  South, 

Except   the    chief  in  war. 
But  Congress,  favoring  sterner   plans, 

His   vetoes   set   aside ; 
With  "carpet-bag"    and  negro   rule 

The    Southern    States   were   tried. 
Impeachment   of  the   President 

Failed    only    by  one    vote; 
The  "Freedman's  Bureau,"  "Civil  Rights," 

Were    measures  of  great    note. 
Atlantic    Cable    then    Avas   laid, 

Alaska's   hinds    were   bought; 


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A    treaty    was    with    China    made ; 

III    Canada    Fenians    fought. 
Now    (jrant    became   the    President ; 

Two    terms    his    valor    earned  ; 
Pacific    Ivailroad    crossed    tlie    hind ; 

Prosperity    returned. 
Great    fires    in    Cliicago    ragged, 

III    Boston    and  the  West; 
1  le    .lireatening    "  Ahibama    Claims," 

Geneva's    Board    redressed. 
Financial    crisis    came    again, 

Througli   railroads'     bad    condition ; 
In    Philadelphia    was    held 

Centennial    Exhibition. 
The    A'otes    securing    Tilden's    seat, 

Conflicting    questions    raise; 
Electoral    commission    finds 

One    extra    vote   for    Hayes. 
A   railroad    strike    'gainst   lower   pay, 

Produced    the    Pittsburg    riot; 


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Representalive  hum  Massacluiselts,  as  nienilier  of  Iini)eacluneiit  Cunnnittee  of  I'resident 

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A  hundred  lives  were  sacrificed, 

Before  restoring  quiet. 
Five  millions  and  a  half  were  paid 

As  fishery  award  ;  187s. 

And  specie  payments  through  the  land 

Were  finally  restored. 
Then  Garfield  was  made  President,  «ssi. 

But  fell  by  Guiteau's  hand ;  juiy  2,  issi. 

And  Arthur  filled  the  vacant  place,  sept,  26,  issi. 

As  ruler  of  the  land. 
In  eighty-four  the  People's  vote,  «8S4. 

Bade  Cleveland  guide  the  nation. 
He  said  "  whoever  serves  the  State 

Must  pass  Examination." 
And  Civil  Service  long  discussed, 

Was  put  in  operation. 
Ben.  Harrison  comes  next  in  power, 

And  changes  fill  the  air,  i&ss. 

McKinley  makes  the  tariff  higher  ,390. 

Chicago  wins  the  fair ; 


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Which  is  to  celebrate  Columbus' 

Discovery  of  San  Salvador 
Four  hundred  years  before. 

The  working-man  and  millionaire 
Are  seeking  hard  to  find 

How  both  can  share  in  harmony 
The  toil  of  hand  and  mind. 

The  farmers,  miners  in  the  West 
Ask  silver  coined  for  all. 

The  Eastern  men  cry  "  Reciprocity 
We  want  no  Chinese  wall 

'Gainst  and  Canada  and  South  America, 
For  trade  will  make  us  one — " 

And  thus,  Republics,  Empires,  Provinces 
Unite  in  one  great  Union. 

Behold  amid  the  breaking  dawn 
Of  twentieth  century's  morn. 

O'er  all  the  western  world 
One  starry  flag  unfurled. 


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.SLrMMAL'l'  OF   COLO XI KS  AND  STATES. 


The  first  enduring  settlement, 
Where  English  people  stayed, 

At  Jamestown,  in  Virginia, 
In  sixteen  seven  was  made. 

In  sixteen  thirteen,  at  New  York, 
Wrecked  Dutchmen  built  a  shanty  ; 

'To  Massachusetts  Pilgrims  came, 
In  sixteen  hundred  twenty. 

New  Hampshire's  lands  were  occupied 

Ik  sixteen  twenty-three ; 
In  thirty-four,  to  Maryland, 

Came  Catholics  'cross  the  sea. 

From  thirty-three  to  thirty-six 

Connecticut  was  won  ; 
In  thirty-six,  by  Williams'  friends, 

Rhode  Island  was  begun. 
The  Swedes  encamped  in  Delaware 

In  sixteen  thirty-eight ; 
In  sixty-four,  Elizabethtown 

Began  New  Jersey's  State. 


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1613. 

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1623. 

1634. 


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lo:i  JUmtrated   Sfnri/   <>f  the    Cnimi    in   lUn/nir. 

'^'f'4-  The  English  navy  took  New  York 

In  sixteen  sixty-four  ; 
And  from  this  time  the  colony 

An  English  title  bore. 
Year  sixteen  hundred  sixty-five, 

Is  North  Carolina's  date  ; 
In  sixteen  seventy  began 

South  Carolina's  State. 
Penn  came  to  Pennsylvania 

In  sixteen  eighty-two  ; 
In  seventeen  hundred  thirty-three 
1733.  To  Georgia  debtors  go. 

These  thirteen  States  the  Union  formed, 

And  scarce  three  millions  held  ; 
Now  forty-four  compose  the  land, 

With  sixty  millions  filled. 
Now  four  large  territories  lie 

Around  the  Western  border, 
And  thirty-one  new  States  have  been 

Adrnitlcd  ui  f^^'-s  order; 


IKKSIDKNT  BENJAMIN    HARRISON. 

Burn  1833,  LJrigadicr-general  m  Civil  War,  in  iSSo  Senator  from  Indiana,   in  tRSR  rlocted 

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Vermont,  Kentucky,  Tennessee, 

Ohio,  Louisiana  — 
The  latter  fairly  bought  from  France  ■ 

The  next  was  Indiana. 
Then  Mississippi,  Illinois, 

With  Alabama,  Maine ; 
]\Iissouri  and  Arkansas  next. 

And  then  came  Michigan. 
Now  Florida  and  Texas  next, 

With  Iowa  come  on  ; 
Wisconsin,  California, 

Minnesota,  Oregon. 
Then  Kansas,  West  Virginia; 

Nevada  and  Nebraska 
Precede  centennial  Colorado ; 

Soon  North  and  South  Dakota  ; 
Montana,  Washington  crowd  in, 

Then  Idaho,  Wyoming. 


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1S.9. 
1849. 
iSS3. 

I  iSoi. 

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I  so.;. 
1S77. 

iSSi. 

iSSi. 


1SS4. 

iSSS. 


lUudnitcd   Storij  of  ihr    Uuiim   in   Ithijme. 
THE  rHESWEXTS. 

First  Washington,  Adams  and  Jefferson  came ; 

Then  Madison  ;  next  James  Monroe ; 
With  John  Ouincy  Adam's  notable  name, 

Andrew  Jackson,  Van  Burcn  must  go. 

Then  Harrison,  Tyler  and  Polk  took  their  turn 
With  Taylor  and  Fillmore  and  Pierce  ; 

Buchanan  and  Lincoln  the  honor  next  earn. 
And  Johnson,  through  murder  so  fierce. 

Then  Grant  for  two  terms  was  supreme  in  the 
land ; 

And  the  seat  was  next  given  to  Hayes ; 
When  Garfield  had  died  by  a  murderous  hand. 

Then  Arthur  to  power  they  raise. 

New  York  then  supplies  a  man  for  the  nation. 
And  Cleveland  appears  at  the  head  ; 

He  yields  to  Harrison's  administration, 
But  who  shall  come  in  his  stead .'' 


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